[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 135 (Thursday, July 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33470-33471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-13459]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Transit Administration


Limitation on Claims Against Proposed Public Transportation 
Project--Valley Link Rail Project: Dublin/Pleasanton to Mountain House 
Community, California

AGENCY: Federal Transit Administration (FTA), Department of 
Transportation (DOT).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces final environmental actions taken by the 
Federal Transit Administration (FTA) regarding the Valley Link Rail 
Project, which travels through the Cities of Dublin, Pleasanton, 
Livermore, and Mountain House in Alameda and San Joaquin Counties, 
California. The purpose of this notice is to publicly announce FTA's 
environmental decisions on the subject project, and to activate the 
limitation on any claims that may challenge these final environmental 
actions.

DATES: A claim seeking judicial review of FTA actions announced herein 
for the listed public transportation project will be barred unless the 
claim is filed on or before December 15, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathryn Loster, Assistant Chief 
Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, (202) 360-2322, or Saadat Khan, 
Environmental Protection Specialist, Office of Environmental Policy and 
Programs, (202) 366-9647. FTA is located at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, 
Washington, DC 20590. Office hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., 
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that FTA has taken 
final agency actions subject to 23 U.S.C. 139(l) by issuing certain 
approvals for the public transportation project listed below. The 
actions on the project, as well as the laws under which such

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actions were taken, are described in the documentation issued in 
connection with the project to comply with the National Environmental 
Policy Act (NEPA) and in other documents in the FTA environmental 
project files for the project. Interested parties may contact either 
the project sponsor or the relevant FTA Regional Office for more 
information. Contact information for FTA's Regional Offices may be 
found at https://www.transit.dot.gov/about/regional-offices/regional-offices.
    This notice applies to all FTA decisions on the listed project as 
of the issuance date of this notice and all laws under which such 
actions were taken, including, but not limited to, NEPA (42 U.S.C. 
4321-4375), Section 4(f) requirements (49 U.S.C. 303), Section 106 of 
the National Historic Preservation Act (54 U.S.C. 306108), Endangered 
Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531), Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1251), the 
Uniform Relocation and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act (42 
U.S.C. 4601), and the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q). This notice 
does not, however, alter or extend the limitation period for challenges 
of project decisions subject to previous notices published in the 
Federal Register. The project modifications and actions that are the 
subject of this notice follow:

    Project name and location: Valley Link Rail Project: Dublin/
Pleasanton to Mountain House Community (Project), Cities of Dublin, 
Pleasanton, Livermore, and Mountain House, Alameda and San Joaquin 
Counties, California.
    Project Sponsor: Tri-Valley--San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail 
Authority.
    Project description: The Project would construct a new passenger 
rail service along a 22-mile corridor in Northern California between 
the existing Dublin/Pleasanton Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Station 
in Alameda County and the proposed Mountain House Community Station 
in San Joaquin County to provide a transit option along Interstate 
580. The Project also includes construction of four stations, three 
operation and maintenance facilities, and associated infrastructure 
improvements (e.g., platforms with shade canopies, parking lots, 
pedestrian bridges).
    Final agency action: Section 106 No Adverse Effect 
determination, dated April 16, 2025; and Finding of No Significant 
Impact (FONSI) for the Valley Link Rail Project, dated May 27, 2025.
    Supporting documentation: The Valley Link Rail Project 
Environmental Assessment (EA), dated December 10, 2024. The Project 
FONSI, EA and associated documents can be viewed and downloaded 
from: https://www.getvalleylinked.com/.

    Authority: 23 U.S.C. 139(l)(1).

Megan Blum,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Planning and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2025-13459 Filed 7-16-25; 8:45 am]
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